A landfill is a place were we throw the rubbish of each family, its under the ground and it gives off a gas called Methane. Methane is a "greenhouse gas" because it kills the Ozone layer. After a landfill is full people put soil on it, you think is finished but is not because it smells and it attracts pests. Pests spread diseases. The two ways of dealing with Methane is: first way is to see if its good enough/clean enough and to see how much are there.Second way is to burn it down or it will cause a explosion in the landfills.
The four 'R's
There are four main ways to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill sites.
They are sometimes called the four 'R's
Refusing/Refuse
Refusing means to say no in anouther way/ just say no,like for example refuse junk mails so that you can save more natural resources. Reduce
Reduce means to use less things/materials,for example you can reduce the rubbish that can be recycled to a landfill by putting them in the right bin (the green one) Re-use
Reuse means to reuse something that can be reused again,for examples you can reuse some old clothes by giving it to other people who can't afford any new clothes or giving it to your friends. Recycle
Recycle means to make new things out of old things,for example you can recycle plastic bottles,papers, so that you don't have to make more things using natural materials.
A landfill is a place were we throw the rubbish of each family, its under the ground and it gives off a gas called Methane. Methane is a "greenhouse gas" because it kills the Ozone layer. After a landfill is full people put soil on it, you think is finished but is not because it smells and it attracts pests. Pests spread diseases. The two ways of dealing with Methane is: first way is to see if its good enough/clean enough and to see how much are there.Second way is to burn it down or it will cause a explosion in the landfills.
The four 'R's
There are four main ways to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill sites.
They are sometimes called the four 'R's
Refusing/Refuse
Refusing means to say no in anouther way/ just say no,like for example refuse junk mails so that you can save more natural resources.Reduce
Reduce means to use less things/materials,for example you can reduce the rubbish that can be recycled to a landfill by putting them in the right bin (the green one)
Re-use
Reuse means to reuse something that can be reused again,for examples you can reuse some old clothes by giving it to other people who can't afford any new clothes or giving it to your friends.
Recycle
Recycle means to make new things out of old things,for example you can recycle plastic bottles,papers, so that you don't have to make more things using natural materials.